Loren
Legarda

3-Term Senator, Deputy Speaker, and
Antique Congresswoman

Dayaw

Now on it’s 11th season, Loren Legarda celebrates “Kakaibang Sigla”, Our Vital Energy in Dayaw.

Loren Legarda at Toni Talks

Pursuing her lifelong passion led her to her real calling in life.

Loren on the Role of Parliaments, UNDRR

Our success and failure depend on how well we do at the grassroots, as they are at the forefront of the climate crisis.

With UK Minister for Adaptation and Resilience

We hope to have a COP26 that is truly inclusive and ensures accountability, musters political will, and consolidates commitments from all nations.

Online Lecture by the ISEAS Yusof Ishak Institute

In this era of climate crisis, made more challenging by COVID-19, our decisions have an impact on our families and communities.

Legarda on SONA 2021

Loren stresses the important role of our congress in ensuring that our country stays on its path to sustainability, security, and resilience.

Hidilyn Diaz's Tokyo 2020 Victory

Hidilyn deserves to be celebrated for bringing honor, pride, and for being an inspiration, especially in these trying times.

Loren: The Lady
Who Leads

From a multi-awarded broadcast journalist to a top-notch senator, and beyond. For the past three decades, Loren has dedicated her life to serving the Filipino people. In 1998, Loren became the youngest senator in the Philippines. She is also the only female to top the Senate race twice and the only female to become Senate Majority Leader.

Because of her advocacies on climate change adaptation, disaster risk reduction and management, sustainability, and climate justice, the Philippines has been recognized for her pioneered laws on the environment.

Loren is also a women’s & children’s rights advocate, consistent with her efforts to promote the welfare of women and the protection of the Filipino youth.

She is a true Filipina at heart, passionately advocating for the protection of the rights of indigenous peoples and promoting arts and culture in the local and international arena.

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Alex Gonzaga-Morada @Mscathygonzaga·

10 May

Congrats to my idol #1 and LODi #2!!!! Marami ang nagmamahal at nagtiwala sa inyo dahil mabuti ang puso nyo to serve and help our kababayans. 🇵🇭🙏🏼

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Loren Legarda@loren_legarda·

20 May

Sincerest condolences to Sen. Grace Poe, your dear mother, Tita Susan, will surely be missed. Bless your family.

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18 May

Loren Legarda returns to the Senate on her 4th term.

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No substitute for preparedness

Loren Legarda, who probably “lost (her) voice singing the same tune” about environmental disasters for over a decade now, said every barangay should have officials going around to inform their constituents about the effects of the oncoming typhoon and the corresponding measures every family should undertake. “Are we expecting a storm surge? Then we should warn our communities of the expected height of the waves and how far inland the flooding would reach,” she said, adding that this would ensure that people are evacuated in safe places. As a result, local executives did not have to force their constituents to leave their homes, with thousands voluntarily evacuating to designated evacuation centers.

Babe Romualdez

PhilStar

Pinoys now climate change-aware

Legarda’s advocacies on climate change and disaster risk reduction started as far back as 1998 when she first became senator. These concepts are not exactly very popular issues to most people. The high-sounding jargon did not register well with many voters when she twice ran but lost in the vice presidential elections in 2004 and in 2010. Nonetheless, it did not stop Legarda from her staunch advocacy on climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction measures. She has found satisfaction in the growing awareness of the challenges of climate change among many Filipinos now.

Marichu A. Villanueva

PhilStar

You are really ahead of your time!

Senator Loren, am at a conference in Singapore on urbanization and sustainable development. Just want to let you know that everything these world leaders are talking about, I already learned from you ages ago. You are really ahead of your time.

Joy Belmonte

Vice Mayor of Quezon City

Congratulations on being UNISDR Global Champion

Congratulations to our senator! Every Antiqueño saw and heard your achievement in Paris. We are proud of you.

Gov. Dodod Cadiao of Antique

Daily News Highlights

April 27, 2022

Legarda Continues to Boost Antique Culture-Based Livelihood, Launches Antique Trade & Tourism Fair in Old Capitol

Recognizing the significance of culture and tourism in empowering micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs), showcasing local products and promoting the province as a premier ecotourism destination, three-term Senator and senatorial candidate Loren Legarda continues to invest invaluable support in culture-based livelihood and protection of natural wonders all over the province. Legarda’s longtime advocacy was top of mind when she launched the Antique Trade and Tourism Fair in the newly restored Old Capitol Building, an event that was held in coordination [...]

July 1, 2021

Rizal in a Time of Barriers

Little known aspects of Dr. Jose Rizal’s first trip to Europe are revealed in the new documentary, Finding Rizal in a Time of Barriers. The project began when former senator Loren Legarda toured the small German town of Wilhelmsfeld in 2019 together with Dr. Fritz Hack Ullmer. Dr Ullmer is the great grandson of Pastor Karl Ullmer who hosted Rizal for three months in Wilhelmsfeld in 1886. The memories of that stay, as well as Rizal’s correspondence and memorabilia have since become part of the Ullmer family’s legacy through three generations.

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Loren: A Leader’s Journey

Coming from a family of newsmen, educators, and physicians, one can almost say that this lady really was born for greatness. Being the granddaughter of one of the Philippines’ journalism pillars, it was only natural that she took on this career path. With her hard work, Loren has graduated cum laude with a degree in Broadcast Communication from the University of the Philippines Diliman, paving the way for her being the youngest anchor to appear in Philippine news television! Years later, her alma mater would confer her with a Doctor of Laws honoris causa.

Wherever she went, or whatever endeavor she delved on, she would always come out on top – may it be her passion for broadcasting, crusade for the environment, or being a Philippine senator, she would always achieve her goals and accomplish her mission, all thanks to her leadership skills, passion and vision.

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